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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Season of Change

The earth is displaying a bounty of green, from the trees that have burst forth with leaves overlooking the grass below, to the plants that sprouted from the ground.

It is the season of change, as lives are on the brink, wavering between the past and the future. Lives stretch out beyond us with an uncertain future. We don't know
where the path may lead, how long it will continue, or the twists and
turns along the way.

Students, have worked hard with the goal of graduation standing like a beacon before them. They've reached it, so now what? While the graduate, from high school or college, expects to be at this point, often, others are hesitating on their journey as well. Surprisingly, there are as many questions by those nearing the end of their lives as those starting out.

Questions fill the mind, as possibilities dance through the mind. Some thoughts come in and wait, while others flit through with abandon. Each one is an opportunity for growth, for contribution, for service, or of receiving... and any of the options could be the correct choice for the moment.

Ah, that's the significance, isn't it? The "for the moment" nature of the possibilities, our choices, and our actions propel us along our path. What seemed so right at one time, and indeed, probably was, is not necessarily what is right for all times. Seasons change, and with them, the needs of the moment.

My own "for the moment" situation finds me wrestling with this just as urgently as I have at other turning points in my life. However, the options do not flood my mind, but dangle just out of reach, as I pray for discernment. They peek out seductively, yet scurry back before I can grasp them.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 11.

For this reason, I am sure that it is the time for something, yet I do not know at the moment, what that something is.Turn, Turn, Turn

Interesting comment, one that provides me with more food for thought. (certainly hasn't been a shortage of reflective thinking recently) The "doing it whether you realize it or not" part is especially intriguing. True, think we're all, the reader as well as the writer, are often in seasons of change. We think it's maturing and moving on, yet maybe it's just following the path...